[princess diana] a tragedy [1995 interview transcript]

Very few can be dispassionate about this lady. I’ve just read Clive Davis’ Rise and fall of a Princess and a Prime Minister and he comments on the film: Gradually, we come to see the events through the queen's eyes … [and why] … she is bemused by the modern-day notion of making a display of feeling. This was central to the whole issue of Diana – a headstrong young lady entirely unsuited to the rigours of royal life and to The Firm itself. This was her tragedy. Charles’ tragedy was to have to accede to the family’s wishes on Camilla. Therefore, the day Diana sat on her bed moping and Charles told her he would wait downstairs to attend to the day’s engagements, it was a clash of generations, lifestyles, upbringing and anything else you care to name. Full transcript of her 1995 BBC interview here, which reveals much, if you’re prepared to be dispassionate. She was simply tragic.